I'm starting this as a new query but there is background to the people concerned in another thread if you want to read through it. https://www.familytreeforum.com/foru...age-and-births
I am trying to pin down some detail about which family members went to Australia, came back, stayed, didn't stay etc and it's all quite complicated and not helped by people apparently changing their first names from time to time. Luckily the surname is distinctive so easier to narrow down.
So I'm trawling through passenger lists trying to put together the puzzle pieces and have found one where some other people appear to be travelling with Mr and Mrs SKITTERAL. You can see the list here which I got from Ancestry Worldwide via my library subscription.
https://www.ancestrylibraryedition.c...amp;hintid=&am
This is the image if the link doesn't work for you.
The list reads
453... Mrs E J Skittrall... 45
..................Mrs S Davis..25
..............?? C Gardiner...22
................Ellen E do.........
454 Hy Skittrall.............. 45 .................Warehouseman
...................Hy Gardiner 26
Can anyone tell me the significance of the way these people are grouped? Does it mean that the women were in one berth and the men in another? Would they have been randomly grouped like that by the shipping company or can I assume that they are friends / family travelling together (in which case I will research further to find the connection) ?
I am trying to pin down some detail about which family members went to Australia, came back, stayed, didn't stay etc and it's all quite complicated and not helped by people apparently changing their first names from time to time. Luckily the surname is distinctive so easier to narrow down.
So I'm trawling through passenger lists trying to put together the puzzle pieces and have found one where some other people appear to be travelling with Mr and Mrs SKITTERAL. You can see the list here which I got from Ancestry Worldwide via my library subscription.
https://www.ancestrylibraryedition.c...amp;hintid=&am
This is the image if the link doesn't work for you.
The list reads
453... Mrs E J Skittrall... 45
..................Mrs S Davis..25
..............?? C Gardiner...22
................Ellen E do.........
454 Hy Skittrall.............. 45 .................Warehouseman
...................Hy Gardiner 26
Can anyone tell me the significance of the way these people are grouped? Does it mean that the women were in one berth and the men in another? Would they have been randomly grouped like that by the shipping company or can I assume that they are friends / family travelling together (in which case I will research further to find the connection) ?
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